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"PROVE ALL,TUI03; HCXD , FAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD."
VOL. V.
DUNN. N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTO BER 7, 1896.
NO. 41.
STATE GULLIMS.
CHANGED ITS NAME
To the North Carolina Section of the
Climate and Crop Service of the
"NVather Bureau.
The announcement is made to all in
lerested in the North Carolin State
Weather Service,, of a change in the
name of the service, and its establish
neiit on an independent basis.
The official designation of the State
Weather Service Division ofthetJnited
Htutes Weather Bureau has been
changed recently to "Climate and Crop
Illusion,'.' and in accordance therewith
the unmeW the State Weather Service
becomes: "North Carolina Section of
the Climate nnd Crop Service of the
Wtather Bureau." The feason for t' is
change is that the State services re
really concerned with the Himatory o.
their re6pectiva districts.. I i the words
of the Chief: . "It is desired to empha
fcize the distinction between 'climate
and 'weather.' The term 'climatft' re
Ieni especially to seasonal meteorologi
cal conditions and to the variations be
tween places in their average meteoro
logical featarts. The work of volun
tary observer and crop correspondent
has to do almost entirely with 'climate'
and not with 'weather,' . which latter
term refers more especially to the drift
of changing air conditions from day to
day.''
The present Chief of the Weather
Bureau, Prof. Willis L." Moore, has
long recognized the desirability of
having the various publications of the
State services issued in uniform man
ner. His practical and far-seeing poli
cy has already resulted in a number
of improvements in the Climate and
Crop services throughout the country,
the most noteworthy of. which is Ihe
establishment at State centers of print
ing plants for the purpose of securing
the long sought object of issuing the
daily weather mips, weekly crop bul
letins and monthly meteorological re
ports in uuiform and excellent style.
Nothing could do more to popularize
the work of the ' weather Bureau and
extend its usefulness so as to fully
meet the needs of the people through
out the country.
LETTER FROM SEWALL.
The "Arrangement" to Unite the
Silver Vote for Bryan."
Democratic State Chairman Manley,
in an interview with the Charlotte Ob
server correspondent, says: "The
action of our State committee in ar
ranging the electoral ticket with the
Populists was the logical and intelli
gent action of the different political
parties who have, on the great princi
pal of the restoration of silver which
they hold in common, nominated a
mutual candidate to carry that princi
ple into eftect. I have beenjsurprisad
and grieved that some Democrats did
not seem to understand our position
and did not know the committee was
acting with the sanction and approval
of the highest party authorities. Those
who have the national fight in charge
know that our action was in no way
disloyal to our candidate for Vice
President. I received the following
letter from Mr. Sewall:
" I have the honor of acknowledg
ing the receipt of your favor of Sep
tember 27th, informing me of the basis
of fusion in Noith Carolina, asking me
whether it meets my approval. I be
lieve the friends of bimetallism ought
to vote for the electoral ticket that will
elect Bryan to the presidency, and I
thoroughly approve of the policy
which unites the supporters of free sil
ver in your State and every other. It
is the people's cause against monopo-
lies, and no local differences or per
sonal aspirations ought to prevent that
union.
! Executive Committee Meets.
The executive committee, of David
son College, consisting of President
Shearer, Dr. J. Rumple, of Salisbury,
Dr. McCoy, and Messrs. W.B. Thomp
son, of Clover, S. C, P. M. Wilson,
Robt. Dunn and Geo. Wilson, of
Charlotte, met at the Central Hotel in
Charlotte last week, and heard the re
port of Dr. Rumple, the president, and
transacted other routine business and
discussed matters pertaining to the
good of the college.
"Winston's Tobacco Business,
i The Winston correspondent to the
Charlotte Observer says: "The new
tobacco year began October 1st. Pres
ident Edmunds' report of the year's
business shows that Winston sold over
fifteen million pounds of leaf last year,
this being an increase over previous
years. Winston shipped 1,364,998
pounds of manufactured tobacco last
month. The stamp sales aggregated
over $8,100."
' The Board of Control of the North
Carolina Liquor Dealers' Association
met in Raleigh last week and transact
ed matters pertaining to the associa
tion, which will not be made public.
Those present at the meeting were:
Frank O'Donnell, of Asheville; A.
D. Wallace, of Wilmington, and
Luther White and Sam Smith, of Ral
eigh.
TKa CSnfooi-fttA Veterans of the
State will meet during fair week at
Kaleigh. "
A Rather Light oay.
, 'Ae first organized delegations to cafl o
Major McKinley this week came frm Lisbon,
Columbiana county, O., in a special train ot
coaches. It was made op of employes of
the Lisbon Tin Plate mills, farmers, business
men and mechanics i from the vicinity, and
"was accompanied by the Lisbon City band.
Hon. It. W. Taylor, McKinley's successor in
Congress, made the introductory address.
Several car load of ministers and delegates
to the African Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence, in sesion in Cleveland called on Major
IcKinloy. They marched informally to the
McKinley home, where addresses were made
by Slate 3euutor Green of Cleveland, Bishop
Lee and Bishop Arnett.
TIIK NKW.s.
At Latonia Tr fir a a
.irtn -"-.ailUU
.wVU uumucob ii u use s. xne loss is
estimated at $100,000.
The football season opened on the
1st of October, and from now on the
gridiron becomes the center of inter
est in the world of sport.
Chairman Buck, of the Georgia State !
opuuuuaa party, nas issued a circu
lar ordering the negroes to vote the
Populist ticket in the State election.
In August the Republicans offered to
fnse in Georgia, but Tom Watson re
fused. A recent order which has been com
pleted by the Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Foundry and Pipe Works was for the
Mexican Central Railroad. The order
comprised thirty-three carloads.
A special from Atlanta, Ga., says:
ft is estimated that Tom Watson, Pop
ulist candidate for vice president, will
withdraw from the ticket in disgust.
: Ben j. Harrison has agreed to make
two speeches under the auspices of the
National committee on his way home
from New York to Indianapolis. One
is to be delivered, at Richmond, Va.,
the second in Charleston, W. Va.
i Capt. Reuben F. Kolb and Col. P.
G. Bowman, of Alabama, have desert
ed Watson and will stump the State
for " the Bryan and Sewall electoral
ucKet.
Mr. Bryan up to date has made 205
speeches in 172 towns and cities of 22
States, and has already traveled, since
his nomination for President, 8,022
miles, so said the New York "World of
Tuesday morning.
John W. Mackay; the California mil
lionaire, has contracted with M. Mul
doon, of Louisville, Ky., for a $400,
000 mausoleum, to be erected over the
grave of his son in Greenwood Ceme
tery, New York.
August Gilchrist, a prominent young
man of Courtland, Ala., was shot and
instantly killed by Miss Annie Ruffin,
ofSardis, Miss. Miss Baffin, Gilchrist
and a party of friends had been out in
the wcods shooting with target pistols
and the killing was accidental.
John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia,
Pa., has purchased the lease and stock
of Hilton, Hughes & Co., of New York,
(originally A. T. Stewart & Co.), which
firm recently closed its doors. The
price paid is said to be $2,000,000.
The prisoners in the Maryville,
(Ky.,) jail have formed a "Good Or
der" society.
A dispatch from Bombay says the
drought continues in northern and cen
tral India where there has been no
rain for many weeks. The crops in
those sections have utterly failed and
again riots have occurred in many
places as the result of the scarcity of
cereals. .
STARTS WEST AGAIN.
Bryan Talks Finance in West Vir
giniaA Few "Words to Mary
landers. At Martlnsburg, W. Va., fast Wednesday,
W. J. Bryan addressed a large assemblage of
farmers on finance. He gave them to under
stand that boltocrats could never come back
into the fold until they came in sack-cloth
and ashes.
After leaving Martineburg his next stop was
at Hancock, Md. A large crowd had assem
bled at the station to greet him, and they
would not be content until he had spoken .
He did so from the rear platform, say-
"Ladies and Gentlemen: 1 am glad to see
you and I only wish it were possible for me
to go into every school district and present
the questions which are at issue in this cam
paign. I believe that we are are advocating
poticies which will commend themselves to
the judgment of a great majority of the Amer
ican people and ail that we need is to have
have an abiding faith in the intelligence of
me people and in tneir desire to ao m ueti
thing, but it is necessary that questions
should be brought before the people before
they can form au opinion upon them. Our
opponents are not only opposed to free coin
age, but thoy are opposed to agitation, which
means that they are opposed to discussion
and the man who is opposed to the discussion
of public questions In a country like this is
not acnuainted with the principles of the
Institutions under which we live. (Ap
'plause.) v
"There is no way to remedy a wrong ex
cept bv dsscussing it until the people under
stand It and use the ballot to remedy it. The
greatest criticism that I have ever made
against our people is that they are too often
indifferent to polioies presented by parties
and to the conduct ot public servants. My
idea is that a public servant ia simply em
ployed by the people to do a certain work
and that he ought either to do the work or
step aside and lei somebody else do it. And
more than that, that while a candidate goes
before the people and tells them what he be
lieves,' and what he will do if they elect him.
they are the sole judges as to whether he
ought to be elected or not and that he cannot
complain at their indecision because they are
the ones to be consulted and not he. In go
ing about over the country, I have presented
from timeto time our cause as I understand
it. Whether it results in my election or de
feat is a matter of very little consequence,
but 1 do believe that the American people
ought to be concerned as to the policy of
this government and that they ought to make
that interest manifest at the ballot box Al
though I cannot make a silver speech novt
you can make a silverspeech on election day.
(Applause.) .
At Clarksburg Mr. Bryan delivered a speech,
at the fairgrounds. It was a great demon
stration, and one of the biggest days that
Clarksburg had had in many a day.
At Parkersburg he addressed another large
assemblage. Excursion trains were run
from every point to hear him. He also
made stops at other points, making short
talks from the rear platform.
Mr. Bryan's itinerary thorough the West Is
being arranged by the Democratic National
Bureau of Speakers, but it is known, how
ever, that he will speak six days in Illinois,
commencing October 21st, and that he may
be in the State ten days. Arrangements are
being made to carry him to all the principal
towns in the State by a special train. It is not
known, however, whether he will be in Chi
cago on October 9th. He may go from Mar
shall ton, Iowa, where he will speak October
8th, to Minnesota. - . .
The Railroaa JVot Liable.
The Supreme Conrt.of Indiana.has decided
the long unsettled question of liability of a
railroad company to the employes of an ex
presss company injured in a wreck or other
wise on performance of duty. The decision
is adverse to the right of the express messen
gers to recover from the railroad company.
The express company is a private and not a
public carrier, and it acquired by contract
rights which the- railroad company was
not required to grant.
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XLXLJ. kj -UUiJLlJJjll.
TALKS PKOMISCUOUSLYOF POL
ITICS AND GRANDCHILDREN.
He Also Moralizes Somewhat on trie
Financial Question.
Cobe was right. Cobe said we would
have rain about the time t ie drougth
broke up. Cobe is a man of opinions.
I asked him one day how his nabor,
Mm. Jenkins, was, and he said, "She
is powerful sick she is, eh ore. If she
lives till morning I shall have some
hopes of her, but if she don't I believe
she will die." The long drought has
broken at last, and we are all grateful,
even if we are not happy. Hard timrsp
are on us and a hard winter just ahead
of us, but old folks can look back and
say it is not as bad as war. T thought
that this full moon in conjunction with
the equinox would bring us rain, but I
wasn't counting on quite so much con
junction in family affairs. The autumn
al equinox brought a telegram from
Florida announcing the birth of an
other grandson, Ralph, Jr., and before
I could answer tha dispatch here came
the little girls over the hill all out of
breath and wild with excitement
"Mamma has got another little boy,
whoopee! the sweetest little boy. Ob,
my, ain't you glad, grandma?"
Why of course . we are clad.
When four cirls come riant
straight along in a row it's time for
a boy a boy to grow up and wait on
them and defend them and protect
them. Two grandsons brought by the
same equinoctial gale. Just think of
it and ponder. And the old cow has
found a heifer calf, besides a little
fawn-eyed Jersey. What's in the wind?
And so this little chap over the hill
answered the Florida telegram and
said: "William Aubrey, .Jr., 6ends
greetings to Ralph Smith, Jr., and
says hello! how do you like" it? Your
little cousin." And so it goes, multi
plying and replenishing according to
scripture. Two more for parents to
love and cherish and work for and
pray for and hope for. Two more to
fight the battle of life and have some
school boy fights, too, I reckon. Two
more to have joy and sorrow mixed,
and to bring grief or. gladness to their
parents. Well, it's a hard time to have
an increase in the family, for nowadays
even an infant is right smart expense,
but Cobe rays "everything is adopted
and there
born into
never was
the world
a possum
but what
tree close
"Hang cut
outer wall.
tnere "was a 'simmon
by." So let them come,
your banners on the
for the cry is 'still they come !' " We
are getting old, my wife and I, but we
can welcome a few more grandchild
ren. I would like to live on a few
years for their sae and chide them
when they do wrong and praise them
when they do right. Sometimes my
chiding hurts ther mother?' feelings,
but I don't, care; Mothers spoil the
boys and fathers the girl", and so it
takes a hard old man like, me to ex
press my sentiments regardless of feel
ing. Line upon line, precept upon pre
'cept, here a little, there a little. ,Some
time ago I threatened to spank a litllo
grandchild, to make her behave, and
she looked astonished and indignant
as she replied, "Mamma pay me too
'ittle to 'pank." And she was, but the
threat did her good. When school
days come it takes a powerful watch
ing to keep the children straight.
They not only leave their lessons,'
but soon catch on to all. the
slang and bad words and devilment
that other children know. In fact a
fond mother who has the worst boys in
towrt told me her greatest trial was the
association ihat ber children hd with
the bad children in the public school.
Poor woman mistaken mother. It
would be dangerous to hint to her that
her boys were the talk of the town. I
remember t )at about thirty years ago
an exacting, fractious teacher thumped
one of our boys on the head with a
bock and,called hioi a numbskull. It
didn't hurt him much, but it hurt
Vis mother, and she hasn't got over it
yet. I don't know which made her the
maddest, the "numbskull" or the lick.
That is one good thing about the pub
lic school system the teacher is not
afraid of the parents, and it is one bad
thing, for if he is a partial teacher or a
fractious man he ought to be afraid.
A few more weeks of politics and
then we will have peace, at least for a
season. How many lies have been
told no man knowetb, but they are all
recorded and St. Peter keeps the books.
I read The New York Journal and
The Constitution every day, and when
I get through I know that Bryan will
be elected. Then I read unwillingly
The World and my faith weakens and
my props are knocked from under un
til the next day. And so it goes. I
elect Bryan and Sewall every morning
and unelect them before dinner, and
it's hurting my digestion. But I'm
mad with these gold debaters who keep
preaching honest money and talking
about repudiation. Dogon-'em, con
found 'em! They have depreciated
my little property . 50 per cent
already. I borrowed $500 on a
town lot three years ago when
it was worth $1,000 easy, and now
I can't get half that sum for it. It
has shrunk from an acre to half an
acre. It won't pay my debt, and 1 can't
hardly get the money to pay the semi
annual interest. That's a fact. Every
thing is shrunk but debts and grand
children. N6w, just put me back
where I was pour it back in the jug,
and stop all this talk about repudiation
and honest money. Do the money
lenders want the earth? This strife is
between the borrowers and the lenders
the poor and the rich and all we
ask is a restoration of the currenort
, an equalization of values. Repudia
tion, indeed 1 Money represents val
ues and the debtor class will gladly
surrender as much property as the debt
calls for, if the property is valued at
what it was when the debt was made.
After the war notes that were given dur
ing the war were scaled according to the
law passed by the legislature. They
were reduced to a specie basis.' A $500
note could be paid with $100 or with
$50 or $10, according to its date. That
was right and it was not repudiation,
either. And now if a man or set of men
conspire to take away from me one
half the value of my property let him
scale his debt to meet it. Let them
place me where they found me. That's
justice. It makes me tired to see these
bankers and money " leaders swell up
and talk about repudiation. It's all a
one-sided business, "You take the
buzzard and I'll take turkey or I'll
take the turkey and you take buzzard."
They say turkey to me once. But all's
well that ends well. Bill Abp in At
lanta Constitution.
POOR ARMENIANS.
Refugees Trying to Reach Our
Shores.
There exists a condition of offalrs In 'Mar
seilles, France, at present which seems to be
a disgrace to Europe and to the Armenian
Association generally throughout the world.
Substituting upon, government, municipal or
private charity there, are 500 unfortunate
Armenians who have succeeded in escaping
from the bloody massacres at Constantinople
and who were, one and all, buoyed up by the
hope of landing here, of being able eventu
ally, to reach the United States. Weeks have
already elapsed and nothing definite appears
to have been done for their relief, much less
towards finding them homes, by any. of the
many associations for the relief of suffering
Armenians organized in Engfand or America.
They vre homeless,', cearly all are penniless,
many are enduring the pangs of hunger and
yet nobody seems willing to guide this band
of refugees to some place where they can be
gin life anew and under more promising cir
cumstances. Large amounts of money have been raised
in the past for the relief of destitute Armen
ians in Armenia, but the situation of the lat
ter is not a whit worse than that of the half
starving people here, if as bad.
WHAT IS SAID I1C NEW YOBK.
, The arrival of the Constantinople Armenian
refugees at Marseilles on their way to this
uuumry, raises an interesting question as to
whether there will be any objections raised
to 1 heir landing in this country on account ot.
the Immigration laws. Officials of Armen
ian societies in New York do not brieve the
United States will be any less hospitable in
this respect , than countries of Europe
which received them with open aims.
J. J. Booney secretary of the Philadel
phia Armenian Association of New
York and chairman of the executive commit
tee, said: "I do not believe there will be
any trouble about, the landing of Armenian
refugees in this country on account of immi
gration lawB. They are l yno means pau
pers. As a matter of fact, the Armenians are
a vry industrious race and I doubt greatly
if tho Marseilles refugees. La all their distress,
could be classified as . paupers. There are
in France and England many we.l-to-do Ar
menians as there are fh the United Stages,
and if the Marseilles refugees should decide
to come here I am sure they would not be
barred out for any reason."
THEY MUST BE EXCLUDED.
The officials at Washington say: "If Ar
mouiuns are destitute, as reported, and have
to bt aeaisted to the United States, under im
migration laws they must be exejuded and
ry;t permitted o land.
" POLITICAL PREJUDICE
No Excuse for Lawlessness. The Yale
Boys.
William J. Bryan arrived at the Hotel Bar-
tholdi in New York last Monday evening, He
was accompanied by a committee from Tam
many Hall, who Had gone to Bridgeport,
Conn., to meet him. About 200 persons
cheered him at the hotel entrance and he
tipped his hat and smiled in recognition. He
went direct to his room, and there, later, din
ner was served. Mr. Bryan's attention was
called to the burning of the Burns factory at
Worcester. Mass., and to the suggestion con
tained in dispatches tnat tne buuaing may
have been set on fire by some one who felt
indignant at the actiotuof Mr. Burns, last
Fridav. in permitting the hanging out of a
red flag with Mr. Bryan's picture on it. Mr.
Bryan said:
'There is nothing that I care to say on' the
subject. I do not believe that any advocate
of free silver would do harm to Mr. Burns
or to his property. While Mr. Burns's action
on Friday was not very courteous, I paid no
attention to it. He had a right to decorate
his building as he chose, even though the
decorations might be offensive to his politl
cal ODDonents. and bis neighbors have a
rieht to criticise his actions if they see fit to
do so. But if any one has attempted to
iniure him. or his property such person
ought to be punished like any other violator
cf the law. No political reason can excuse
an attack on person or propertv. Our cam
Daisrn is a campaign of education, and no
true friend of the cause will "attempt to vio
late the law, no matter how bitter the gold
standard advocates may assail us or our
nrinciDles."
Mr. Sewall arrived at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel a short while before Mr. Bryan reach
ed the citv. He parted company with Mr.
Bryan at New London. Conn. "I am of the
belief," said Mr. Sewall, -'that Mr. Bryan's
tour of the New England States will redound
to the good of our tictet.
Mr. Brvan made speeches to big crowds at
Lynn, Providence, New Haven and New Lon
don. Evidentlv New Haven wished to make
amends for the reception Mr. Bryan received
there last week, for the depot sheds covered
a mass of enthusiastic humanity, xne ciu
tens were there in force, both in point of
number and in-volume of lung-power. Mr.
Bryan spoke to them only a moment, but in
that moment he gave them opportunity to
disclaim anv participation iu the riotous
demonstration of the collegians.
Mr. Bryan had just closed a few remarks
tellinsr how Pleasant his trip tnrougn new
England had been, when he was interrupted
thus: '
A voice: "There are no Yale students he:
to-day. Mr.. Bryan."
Mr. Brvan: "Do not criticize the boys too
harshly. I am not inclined to criticize them
as some otturs. and attribute their interrup
tion more to youthful exuberance than to any
deliberate intention to interfere with free
nvh.
He made a short speech at Providence, B.
T Hfttm k his text from a book by Prof. JS.
Benjamin Andrews. The subject was a good
one. and the crowd cheered him wildly.
At Lvnn.. Mass.. he delivered a short
?
speech.
Traveling Men's Homi
fVimTnArcial traveleiw throughout the
eonntrv will observe Tuesday, December 1st
nf this va&t. as a holiday. A feature of the
.i trrni Ha thn rlnnntinc bv theaters
hotels and wholesale houses in every city of
the country of over 5,000 inhabitants of s.
rer centage of the day's receipts to the com
lw.fa travellers' fair to be held in New
-t i. TtonAmKar frr the nanxne of
, QJ- U JS ' WW - - I I
augmenting the building fund for the Na-
.. . n .m!i1 TravollAra YTrtmn at
Binghampton, N.T. Colonel A. B. Defreece,
ral of th 'fair, has issued
an appeal to the commercial travelers of the
country to mssw m
aaooe&si
BRYAN IN '
NEW ENGLAND.
"IHVADES THE RNEMY'S COUN
TEY STILL FURTHER.
His Greatest Reception Was at Bath,
He., His Running Mate's Home.
Greatly refreshed by ten hours' sleep.
Bryan left' Hartford, Conn., to "invade the
enemy's country still further. . There was
a small crowd at the depot to catch a part
ing glimpse of the nominee and these Bryai.
told that the money changer was interested
In having a dear dollar and that a dear dol
lar meant hard times to the producers of
wealth. There was no demonstration, no
w
cheering and nothing in the way of enthu
lasm. '
The first stop was it Windsor, where a
small crowd had gathered, carrying a ban
ner for "McKinley and prosperity." Thtre
were a few cheers for him by a part of the
crowd, and more cheers for his opponents.
At Windsor Locks, the next stop, the as
semblage was more enthusiastic for Bryan.
Everybody wanted to shake hands with him
and called on him for a speech. "I am glad
tc see you," was the extent of his aadress,
and even that was applauded.
Thorn psonville also gave him a cordial re
ception and he was cheered enthusiastically
by a few hundred people gathered about th
depot. ' ..
At this city Mr. Bryan said: "I desire in
this city to pay tribute to independent jour
nalism. I have always respected an honest
and earnest and ablt. opponent. I nevel
criticized the right of any one to speak his
sentiments and express his ideas as clearly,
as forcibly, as eloquently as he can. I be
lieve with Jefferson that error is harmless
where reason is left to combat it. (Great ap
plause.) "And if any man has an idea, I am willing
for him to launch that idea and trust to the
merits of that idea ro make its. way into the
mind and into the hearts of men. and 'I re
spect the Springfield Republican for the high
(great applause), plane upon which ic dis
cussed political questions, i respect it for
the tolerance which it shows to political op
ponents, and without censuring, those who
substitute abuse for argument , I can com
mend those who. use argument instead of
abuse. (Great applause.)
"I can commend aldo to every citizen the
words ol that distinguished editor who was
the founder of this paper. I am told that he
is the author of the expression that - a man
who is not wiil'ng to die for a cause in which
he believes is not worthy to live." (Great
applause.)
William J. Bryan's advent into New Hamp
shire and Maine with another Segment of
Massachusetts began in an interesting man
ner at Lowell, which city he reached last
Saturday at 9:10. Fully 7,000 people were
gathered in the big train shed in and around
the station. to see the candidate. Mr, Bryan
and Mr. Sewall made their way to the bag
gage car and stood in its broad doorway arm
in arm in lull view of tne cneering tnrong,
A rush was made to shake nands with the
two candidates, and this took up so much
time that no opportunity was afforded Mr.
Bryan for a speech . ''I have no time to dis
cuss any questions," was all he mana'ged to
say, and then as the train pulled ' out he
shouted, "but I am glad to see you." Another
cheer went up as the train disappeared. A
number of New England politicians accom
panied Mr. Bryan and Mr. Sewall on their
journey.
At Lawrence he made a brief speech to an
audience numbering about 8,000. Mr. Bryan
"and Mr. Sewall were taken to the Essex
House where a banquet was served. After
leaving Lawrence the first stop was made at
Haverhill where he delivered two brief
speeches. At Brunswick a small crowd gath
ered, andBowdoln College students gave him
three hearty cheers. Stops were made at
Bollingford and Salmon Falls, and North
Berwick and South Berwick, Me. Several
hundred people composed these gatherings,
and many shook hands with both candi
dates.
The North Berwick crowd welcomed Mr.
Sewall to bis home State with three cheers.
Mr. Bryan was also cheered at each place, but
did not speak.
"Three cheers for the lion-hearted leader
of the labor cause," was the sheut that greet
ed Mr. Bryan at Kennubunk. The knot of
men there followed this sentiment with three
cheers. Mr. Bryan told them that he could
not make a speech because be was saving bis
voice. ,
Blddoford's welcome to Bryan and Sewall
came from a thousand or twelve hundred
people. -
Tne Portland. reception committee came
aboard the car at Biddeford. A vast throng,
certainly 10,000, perhaps 12,000 heard Bryan
in Union station Square in the west end oi
Portland. Arriving here, with Arthur Sew
all. Mr. Bryan was escorted through the
throng in the station to a temporary stand
in its rear. Tne square was packed with hu
manity. Little enthusiasm was shown, al
though many in the near neighborhood
waved their hats and cheered heartily when
the candidate appeared. Mr. Sewall intro
duced his fellow standard bearer, who rtade
a short speech. On its conclusion he returned
to the Station, and at 5:30 left for Bath on a
special train of two cars furnished by Mr.
Bewail.
On reaching Bath, Arthur fiewall's home,
it was delirous on the account of the pres
ence of Mr. Sewall's colleague on the Na
tional Democratic ticket, William J. Bryan,
of Nebraska. Everybody turned out to see
the two Chicago nominees, and the local
population was augmented by large numbers
of excursionists from near by communities.
People tramped up from the railway station
by the hundreds on the arrival of the train
and helped swell the thousands in front of
the custom house in Centre street, where the
speech making took place. The candidates
were met at the station by a big crowd, placed
in a carriage drawn by four horses and es
corted to Mr. Sewall's residence by free silver
clubs and a number of local Democrats.
From the Sewall residence to the custom
house four bands preceded the Bryan and Se
wall clubs that led the way. The model of a
ship built by Mr. Sewall's firm was a feature
ef the procession.
Mr. Bryan talked about a flood of money,
and referred to the use cf silver as money in
China, Japan and India substantially as in
previous speeches. He made an eloquent
peroration. -
At the conclusion ot the speech there was a
wild scene. Men swung their hats and shout
ed themselves hoarse. A rush forward to
shake hands with the leader of the ticket
was made, but Mr. Bryan eluded the on
slaught and escaped with Mr. Seawell. Bands
and political organizations fell into line, and
the candidates were escorted to the latter's
home.
Appeal to Working Men.
At Cleveland, O., the locked out Brown
Hoisting works employes have issued an ap
peal to all workingmen of the United States,
in which they say that constitutional liberty
Lof the masses is fast waning through the ef
forts of corporate monopoly to pledge the
votes of employes .to McKinley and the Be-
?ubllcan party contrary to the Constitution,
he representatives of the gold.standard are
denounced, and it is further stated that at
the coming presidential election workingmen
can have no interest in common with the po
litical party whose interests are managed by
Mark Hanna, the champion, anion labor
rmhrT thtk Rrnvn noisHner rora nan V. Pull
man. Frick, the Standard Oil company sad
and Carnegie.
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOH
: OCTOBER 11.. i
Lesson Text: Solomon's Wise
Choice," I Kings 11L, 5-15 Golden
Text; Psalm cxL, 10 Com
mentary.
o. "In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solo
mon in a dream by night, and God sid. ask
what I shall give thee." David wasnow dead,
having reigned forty years, seven at Hebron
and thirty-three at Jerusalem (I Kings' 11.,
10, 11). Solomon was strengthened in bis
kingdom, and the Lord his God was with
him and magnified him exceedingly. The
ark of God was in the tent which David had
pitched for it at Jerusalem, but the taber
nacle and altar of bu- t offering, etc, were
still at Gibeon (II Chron, L, 1-4V Thither
Solomon and many of the people went to
offer burnt offerings, token ot whole hearted
surrender to God to serve Him only. It was
In that night that the Lord appeared to .him
as here recorded. Hear the i Lord saying
similar words to us in John xiv., 13. 14.
6. ''David, my father, walked before thee
in truth and in righteousness and in upright
ness of heart with thee." Solomon begins
his request by speaking of God's great mercy
or bounty to hU father. The mercies ot the
Lord are a good topic for every morning, for
they are new every morning. : His compas
sions fail not. Great is His faithfulness
(Lam. ill., 22. 23 He is the Father of Mer
cies (II Cor. I., 8 Solomon speaks of his
father's walk before the Lord and with the
Lord. Like Abraham, he walked before God
CGen. xvit, 1), and, like Enoch, Noah and
Levi, he walked with God (Gen. v., 24; vL,
9; Mai. iL, 6).
7. "I am but a little child. I know not
how to go out or come in." Acknowledging
his indebtedness to the Lord God ot his
father for his position, he confesses his help- I
lessness and ignorance. He is but a child
and knows not anything. When Jeremiah
long after this was called of God to be His
prophet, he also said, "Ah. Lord God, I can
not speak, for I am a child," but the Lord
said to him most comtortlug words, which
also He is saying to you and me if only we
have ears to hear them (Jer. L, 6-9). His
father's words, by the : Spirit, concerning
going out and coming in (Ps. ext., 8); should
have greatly helped him, for they have
helped many. .1
8. "Thy servant is in the midst of thy peo
ple, which thou hast chosen." : So also was
he Lord in the midst of His people, for He
had chosen them that He might dwell in
their midst, and thus make them a people
different from all other people on the earth
and separated from . all other people. For
that reason the tabernacle was built See Ex.
xxv.. 8; xxxlii., 16. The future glory ot Is
rael shall be Jehovah in their midst forever
more (Ezek. xxxvii., 28; Zeph. hi., 17). The
greatest fact, in every gathering of God's
people now is the presence ot : the Lord in
their midst Math. xvlL, 20) and not the
presence of this or that important person.
9. "Give, therefore, thy servant an under
standing heart to judge thy people, that I
may discern between good and bad." The
request is worded- a little differently in II
Chron. I., 10. "Give me nowi wisdom and
knowledge, that I may go out and come in
before this people," but the substance of it is
the same, that he may have wisdom to do
right before God in the matter of - the king
dom and in the midst of this people like the
dust of the earth in multitude (l Kings iv. ,
20; II Chron. i., 9). Great comfort tor each
of us in the matter of wisdom is found in
Jas. 1.. 5, 6. j
-10. "And the speech pleased the Lord, that
Solomon had asked this thing, "j It is 'possi
ble to please God and have the joyous con
sciousness of it. Our Lord Jesu3 said, "I do
always those things that plea"Q Him" (John
viit, 29),-and Paul says in I Thess. ii., 4,
"Not as pleasing man, but Goi, who trleth
our hearts." I The secret ot it is in yielding
fully to God, that He may work in us that
which Is well pleasing, in His: sight (Hab.
xiii.,21). i
11. "And God said unto him, Because thou
hast asked this thing and hast not asked
for thyself long life, neither hast asked
riohes for thyself." Our Lord ! Jesus never
sought anything merely for Himself. It
doe3 me good to quote His words, "I seek
not Mine own will; I seek not Mine
own glory" (John v., 80; vlii., 50),
and to remember that "Even Christ pleased
not Himself" (Rom.xv., 3). I have also been
helped by Jeremiah's words to Baruch, his
scribe: "Seekest thou great thinss for thy
self Seel? them not" (Jer. xlv., 5). I be
lieve the best and most joyous life is to let
God Himself be our portion (Lam. ILL, 24)
and live to be a channel ot blessings to
others. "Be content it God thou hast; hav
ing Him, thy need is past." j
12. "Behold, I have done according to thy
words. Lo. I have given thee a wise and an
understanding heart." Inasmuch as Israel
was as the sand which is by the sea in mul
titude God gave Solomon wisdom and under
standing as the sand that is on the seashore
(I Kings lv., 20, 29,) or wisdom for every cass
that mierkt possibly come before him. In
verses 16 to 28 of this chapter there is an il
lustration of this wisdom, and the people saw
thiLt the wisdom of Goi was in him to do
judgment.
13. "And I have also givoa tha that
which thou hast not asked, both riches and
honor." i Here is our Lord's "exceeding
abundantly." If we are willing to live "un
to Him" and "for His pleasure there will
be no need to ask anything for ourselves. "If
any man serve Me, him will My Father hon
or," is always true. If as believers in Christ
we would only accept as true our standing
in Him and live to honor Him and glorify
Him. we would never need to ask anything
for ourselves, but would daily find the prom
ise true. ; "My God shall supply all your
need according to His riches in glory by
Christ Je3us (Phil. lv.. 19).
14. "And if thou wilt walk in My ways,
then I will lengthen thy days." Length of
davs urxm the land given them by God was
a special ' promise to Israel in connection
with obedience (Ex. xx.. 12). Again in Ps.
xcL, 16, we read concerning him who trusts
in God. "With long life will I satisfy him and
show him Mr salvation." The believer In
Christ who has thus become a part of His
bodv reioices that Christ in bis life, and that
because Christ lives he shall live also;
whether in the mortal body or absent from
the body, or in an immortal body, he is will-
in to leave wholly to the will of Goo.
16. "And Solomon awoke,' and, behold, it
was a dream." But it was none the less a
realitr. for God spoke to His servants in
dreams and visions of the night (Job xxxili.,
14, 15). Some think that if God would come
to them in a. vision or dream they would be
lieve more readily, and some think that if
one rose from the dead they would believe,
but it la written that if we believe not Moses
and the prophets we would not believe even
one risen from the dead (Luke xvL, 81-
Lesson Helper.
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Makes His Speeches Short.
At Canton, 0.,Friday Major McSinley made
four speeches. The first one was shortly after
8 o'clock in the morning, and from that time
till half past 2 o'clock he was busy address
tog his callers. Some Insisted upon shaking
hands and that ordeal !s a great consumer of
time. Saturday there were seventeen dele
gations expected. Maj. McKinley has found
ft fiAMMATT to make his speeches shorter.
All of his speeches Saturday, except one. was
brief. Saturday he made eleven speeches
And sDoke to sixteen delegations.
nnmtaftt
late in the airfirretrate. about
115.000 persons.
Something whizzed throogh the air at
m. distance of about ten; feet from the
head of William the Conqueror.
"Wasn't - that an . arrow? asked the
monarch- "It went rather too wide for
said the court ester: and
from that moment his office began to
lose to Importance and respectability.
JndJanaj Journal.
SAVANNAH STRICKEI:
A FURIOUS CYCLONE FROM TIIC
! GULF OF MEXICO.
Life and Property Lost Other PolnU
Visited Charleston Escaped
r
the Tempest's Fury. ;
Columbia, Augusta and Atlanta wtre ia
the path of a calm Tuesday, while the equin
octial storm which has been reported for
some days, caused wreck .and ruin to the .
North, 8outh and East of them. Those cities,
with Charlotte were the only ones In tta
South able to Communicate with each other.
All telegraphlo connection with Washington,
New Orleans, Jacksonville, Brunswick and
Savannah was out off. J One railroad wire
was made whole between Columbia and
Charlotte late in the evening, and over 'that
came the glad tidings that Charleston had es
caped the tempest's fury, although the
ocean's waters had been hurled into
the streets. While Savannah was Iso
lated and it at one j time appeared.: as
if no word could be gotten from there.
Mr. Estell, the Southern Associated Press
agent, the daily press was able to give the
following account of the storm at Savannah,
Ga.: , : : 1 ...- ; !
Seven lives lost, a million dollars worth ot
propertv destroyed, is the record ot the cy
clone which swept Savannah from 11:33 a.
m. until 12:15 p. m. Tuesday. The loss of
life and damage to property are yet. mere es
timates, and both may be greater than now .
known. The storm, which has been lurking
in the eastern gulf for the last two days,
swept rapidly across Florida. At 8 o'clock
'Tuesday morning it was at Jaoksonvile. Fla.,
and without warning burst upon Savannah
at 11:20. in half an hour It had done its
work. The streets were Ailed with wreck
age. Hardly a bon e in the city escaped
without more or less damage, though there
are comparatively few total wrecks. When
the wind reached a velocity of 66 miles an
hour the Instruments at the weather station
were blown away. At noon the barometer '
dropped to 29.20, and at 12:15 was 28.95.
The storm was- terriQo in its Intensity, ex
ceeding that of the great cyclone of 18D3, .
which devastated the South Carolina coast.
The shortness of its duration was all that
saved a complete annihilation ot everything
within range. ;-- .i f; i.;-!!
The storm came from the southeast and
swept directly over the ftity. Hardly a public
building escaped its fury. I The forests around
the oity were laid in swaths. The parks are ;
in ruins, and many buildings were razed; to
the ground. The immense Plant system pas- k
senger depot was the first building in the
path of the storm, and was a complete wreck.
The magnificent prize train of the Plant sys
tem, exhibited at the Cotton States Exposi
tion and stored in the shed, was wrecked,
and the cars are almost a total loss. The Cen
tral railroad and Georgia and Alabama rail
road freight warehouse on the opposite side
of " the city were unroofed ana the walls
demolished. The public market was blown .
in. The theatre was ! ! partially . unroof
ed, and the Second 1 Baptist . church
is aimost a total wreck. The Savannah hos
pital and the Georgia infirmary were unroof-,
c-d. The City and Suburban Street railway
car sheds, in which were stored twenty oars,
were blow, down. The j Georgia Hussars
armory XTas badly damaged. Nearly every .
6tore in the retail section ot the city was
more or less damaged. The damaae td the
shipping was less than in 1893. One of the
most complete wrecks is Forsyth park,
which was the pride of the city. Three
fourths of the trees are blown down or torn
up by the roots, and are laying in every di
rection. The city is in i a tangie or wires.
The street car lines stopped running soon
after the blow began and the cars are stand
ing on the tracks in every part of the city,
but blocked in by trees and debris of falling
buildings. The houses on the river front
were heavily damaged. The Savannah Guano
company mills, Comer, j Hull Co's j guano
works and the Southern Cotton Oil compa
ny's mill and : storage sheds on the river
front were badly wrecked. -
At Brunswick, Ga., dwellings, stores and
warehouses were more or less damaged, and
it is thought that lives were lost. Sterling, a
small town three miles from the above city
suffered great damage in proporty that one
w.oman was killed and several injured. He
ports from Timmonsville, Cartersvllle, Flor
ence and St. George. S. j C, say that great
damage has been done in and around these
places. No lives reported lost but several
injured. 1.1. i ; -1 i i
The latest from Tuesday's storm at 1 Sa
vannah and other points is that the fatalities
still Increase. I At Savannah eleven are dead
and several more not expected to recover.
Beaufort. S. C, suffered greatly: Bicbmond,
Va., was in the path and suffered. At Staun
ton. Va., a dam breaks and floods the town.
: Spanish Loan Falls.
The New York Sun says: Senor Fidel G.
Pierra, chairman of the Cuban Press Com
mittee, has received the following telegram
from the committee's 1 1 agent in London,
"Proposed Spanish loan has utterly failed.
This refers to the $200,000,000 loan which the
Spanish government is trying to negotiate,
for the exenses of the war in Cuba. By a
recent act the government was authorized to
make an arrangement I with some or all of
the railroad companies, by which the terms
of their concessions might be extended until
July 1, 1980, on condition that the govern
ment, aided by the companies or their bank
ers, should f 200,000.009. i
For a Constitutional Convention, j
Governor Turney, I of Tennessee, has
signed the bill submitting to the people the
question of calling a con'titutional : conven-.
tion, and the election will be held the first
Thursday In April. If the proposition Is in
dorsed delegates will be elected the the first
Thursday in August and the convention will
semble the first Monday in December.
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